Zara is a new Mini Ciao Bimba Waldorf inspired doll for children. She's made in a series of 50 dolls and is warm, soft and cuddly. Zara is 40cm tall and is made natural fabrics and filled with wool. She is firm but does not stand up on her own. Her head is sculpted using traditional European doll making techniques and she has a mohair boucle wig.

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Brand: Ciao Bimba

Collection: Mini Ciao Bimba 40cm

Face type: Traditional

Eye type: Black/Embroidered

Skin colour: Dark brown

Size: 40cm/16"

Hair: Dark Brown/ Mohair Boucle Wig

Zara is a new Mini Ciao Bimba Waldorf inspired doll for children. She's made in a series of 50 dolls and is warm, soft and cuddly. Zara is 40cm tall and is made natural fabrics and filled with wool. She is firm but does not stand up on her own. Her head is sculpted using traditional European doll making techniques and she has a mohair boucle wig.

Zara's skin colour is dark brown and her hair colour is dark brown and short. Her wig is crocheted and then carefully stitched to her head. Zara wears a brown backpack and inside it is her toy. We've included all the photos we took at the trade fair so that you can see what she looks like. In the final photo where she stands with Leo, you will see her little toy beside her feet. This toy fits into her brown backpack. Zara's neutral expression means that a child can project their own emotions on their doll during play.

Not enough is said about the importance of a child's sensory experience: it's so imortant for a toy to nourish a child's senses. Compare the sensory experience of a child cuddlng a plastic doll and then cuddling a wool filled doll. These dolls are made for cuddling and children find their materials very soothing.

All the materials that have made Zara, her clothes and her toy are natural fibres and fabrics. Ciao Bimba source the wool they use to fill their dolls directly from local farmers who wash and card the wool themselves. They then send it to a lab to be tested for pesticides before using it to make the dolls, so they are absolutely safe and healthy.

The Ciao Bimba 40cm dolls like Zara wear clothing made from Liberty fabric. Zara's dungares are Little Treasures Liberty print fabric. The dolls and clothing are made by a trained team of doll makers at the Ciao Bimba workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria to the design created by Waldorf doll artist, Maria Asenova.

Why does it matter what exact materials are used? It matters to parents and grandparents to know that the doll that their child will cuddle up with at night is made from the finest natural materials. For those parents whose children have allergies, natural toys are especially important.

For more about Ciao Bimba Waldorf style dolls take a look at the articles on our blog here.

Ciao Bimba dolls are suitable for age 3+

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Certified Age

Ages 3+

Brand

Ciao Bimba

Doll Artist

No

Best For Age

3-4 years, 5-7 years

Ethnicity

Black/African/Caribbean

Doll Type

Soft body dolls, Waldorf dolls (Cloth)

Eyes

Embroidered, Fixed, Black

Hair

Black, Stitched

Slim Doll Size

39-44cm

To Fit Dolls

CIao Bimba 40cm Dolls

Gotz Size

No

Baby Doll Size

No

Delivery

Christmas: Last Posting dates

UK

3pm Thursday 20th December

Europe including Republic of Ireland DPD by Road--

8am Thursday 13th December

Eastern Europe including Non-EU

8am Friday 7th December

Russian Federation

8am Thursday 15th November

Rest of the World Economy or Standard Service*

8am Wednesday 28th November

Rest of the World Express

8am Friday 14th December

UK Delivery

Order Value under £100 is £3.99 : 4-5 day service, but this is often 48 hours.

Order Value of £100+ : FREE UK SHIPPING

Express delivery UK is £6.75 : 1-2 day service, but this is often next day, except for pre-Christmas which begins 15th November. Please allow extra time.

Your order will be processed as quickly as possible, usually the same or following business day. Collections are made by Royal Mail, UK Mail, DPD and DHL from our warehouse at approximately 1pm each working day. Please remember we need to have time to pack your parcel, and we pack orders in order of order placement. Our full delivery information can be found here

International Delivery

Please order any items you would like on the website and the shipping cost will be calculated based on the weight of the goods in your basket at checkout. Delivery charges will be stated clearly and prominently on the checkout page before you place your order. Delivery charges do not include customs or import duties for which the customer is separately responsible.

The shipping services we commonly use for sending parcels overseas are Royal Mail, DPD and DHL. We also have a slower bulky service for large international orders.

PLEASE NOTE, THAT THE BELOW TIMETABLE IS ACCURATE FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, AND FOR THE PRE-CHRISTMAS PERIOD AND AT TIMES OF BAD WEATHER, IT IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME.